Poll: Two-Thirds Say EU Proposals A Bad Deal

More than two-thirds of voters think the EU blueprint is a bad deal, Sky News data suggests.

The same poll indicates that despite David Cameron saying he has delivered "significant change", nearly half of the public say the new proposals would make them less likely to vote to stay in the EU.

The results come as Mr Cameron faced down his own eurosceptic MPs as he tried to sell the EU draft deal in a statement to the House of Commons.

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Labour Jeremy Corbyn accused Mr Cameron of drawing up a draft deal "choreographed for TV cameras over the whole continent" to arrive "exactly where he always was going to be".

He urged the Prime Minister to get the "smoke and mirrors sideshow deal" over with and get on with the referendum.

Mr Cameron is facing significant criticism that he has not met his Conservative Manifesto pledges and that the migrant welfare changes are "unworkable".

Senior Conservative Liam Fox warned that up to five members of the campaign were ready for Brexit and Boris Johnson said that the Prime Minister is trying to "make the best of a bad job".

The Prime Minister acknowledged in the Commons that he would "have to wait a bit longer" to see if Mr Johnson would support a campaign to keep Britain in the EU.

Mr Cameron is also under pressure not to call the EU referendum for June because it will clash with the May elections.

Leaders of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have all written to the Prime Minister calling on him not to hold the EU vote in June, as he is expected to do, because it will confuse the public.

The publication of the draft proposal of the EU's new deal with the UK on Tuesday was broadly viewed as paving the way for a referendum on 23 June.

However, Mr Cameron said no date had been set for the referendum.

A Sky News snap poll of 1,031 people found 69% thought the draft EU proposals were a bad deal for Britain with just 31% thinking it was a good deal.

In addition, 44% of those asked said it was less likely to make them want to vote to stay in the EU - 37% said it made no difference and 19% said it would make them more likely to vote to remain a member of the EU.

The proposed deal will see an "emergency brake" on EU migrants receiving in-work benefits - but it is far short of the four-year ban on in-work payouts the Prime Minister had promised.

In addition, the brake will not be in place until 18 months after a referendum and EU workers in the UK will get "graduated" in-work benefits.

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Child benefit will continue to be paid to EU migrants working in the UK who have children living in Europe - but it will be linked to the standard of living in that country. Mr Cameron said the practise would stop entirely.

There are concerns at the Department of Work and Pensions over whether there is a system that can cope with 28 levels of child benefit and administer graded tax credit payments.

Senior Government officials have even suggested it may not be something that can even be delivered.

Mr Cameron is also under pressure to allow Cabinet members who want to campaign for Brexit to start speaking out against membership of the EU now.

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The Prime Minister has said they are not permitted to take sides until after the 18-19 February summit where EU leaders will finalise the terms of the deal.

Mr Cameron received a major boost when Theresa May - who those from the 'leave' campaign were hoping would back their drive - appeared to signal her support for the "stay" campaign.

Mr Cameron will also begin his campaign to win over European leaders, especially those in eastern Europe who have been opposed to the benefit changes.

The Prime Minister has admitted there is more work to be done on the detail of the eventual deal and European Council President Donald Tusk said it was a "good basis for a compromise".

:: Sky Data interviewed a nationally representative sample of 1,031 Sky (LSE: BSY.L - news) customers by SMS on 3rd February 2016. Data are weighted to the profile of the population.